Blood phobia

The fear of heights, the fear of blood dripping from a paper cut, what would you describe this sensation? The feeling of fear to a particular thing is known as a phobia. Like many other organisms, we can develop fears or phobias from past experiences dealing with that particular situation. You may wonder what causes these emotions and how it is interpreted. Research shows that the brain or parts of the brain have different functions and one part of the brain is proven to regulate fear and your…

Specific Phobia Specific phobia is defined as the occurrence of intense and abnormal fear when exposed to a specific object, person or situation. To be diagnosed with specific phobia, the fear must cause last over 6 months and cause severe and debilitating anxiety or distress. There are five categories that all specific phobias fall into: animals (such as sharks), situations (such as planes), blood, injections and injury (such as getting a needle), natural environment (such as storms) and other…

Phobia is defined as an overwhelming and irrational fear for an animal, thing or place; also it is described as a mechanism of defence before the torment that provokes the internal conflicts. The individual that develops a phobia has perceived a sense of danger in certain objects or situations. People with phobias do everything possible to avoid a perceived danger, which is much higher in their minds than in real life. It is believed that the model of classical conditioning has served to explain…

predict the source of the phobia or fear. Visual signs of fear, such as facial expressions, in the presence of the stimuli are seen as observational learning. Modeling produces our most complex behaviors. Children can learn and develop anxiety and the contributing traits through salient behaviors of their caregivers. Fredrikson, Annas, Fischer, and Wik (1996) used a mailed out questionnaire of true-false questions to determine the age and gender difference in different phobias. A visual analogue…

people only fake them to get attention from others. They just fake an asthma attack and say they are having a panic attack”. No, Panic disorders, Generalized Anxiety disorder, Obsessive Compulsive disorder, Post-Traumatic stress disorder, and Specific Phobias are not fake; they are terrible mental DISORDERS that millions of people encounter everyday. It is more common than you think for people to say that a panic attack or anxiety attack are just those certain people wanting attention. But what…

Why do we as a people fear monsters and similar entities? Throughout history people have created stories centered around monsters who would terrorize communities. These stories would be used to rationalize findings they couldn’t understand. These monsters were used to rationalize dieses, deaths and many other occurrences. These monsters still persist in stories today because over time they would evolve past what they stood for and would become symbols of our primal fears. There are many monsters…

Story of Slavery or Misconception Through Fear According to Robert Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions there are eight basic emotions that the human body can show. These emotions are joy, sadness, trust, disgust, anticipation, surprise, anger, and fear. (Wilkins, Quora.com) One these basic emotions shows more of a presence in the Octavia Butler’s short story Bloodchild than any other. This basic emotion would be fear but not in the way most of us would think of it in a literary work. This…

this is quite different to having a phobia about something. For example, it is natural to be afraid of a snarling Rottweiler, but not to be terrified of a friendly poodle on a leash. Although a phobia is similar to a fear, there is one key difference: the anxiety experienced by the person is so strong that it interferes with their life and/or ability to function. Phobia patients should consider investing in treatment because the amount of anxiety caused by the phobia they are suffering from may…

a medical setting. About 10% of people have a needle phobia , it is common in the general population and problems when people avoid receiving medical care because of their fear. Symptoms The people who with Trypanophobia may dread receiving medical care, particularly injections. The physical symptoms, such as the rise in blood pressure, increase in heart rate, increase in stress hormones , fainting, anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, high blood pressure or racing heart right beforehand, feeling…

Although most phobias often have similar characteristics, there has been a noticeable difference in how phobias function. Looking at the differences, you can see that there are two prominent categories known as complex and specific phobias. Both groupings present their own causes, ages typically affected, and much more. Specific phobias, also known as simple phobias, often manifest in children. They are often symptoms of a traumatic experience, but can also be irrational. Specific phobias are…